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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

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Mice Invasion Farm Bouses Overrun Clothes Eaten

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 May 1940 · page 4

Mice in the West Wyalong district, in addition to attacking hay stacks and stored wheat, are overrunning farm houses, chewing mattresses, floor…

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Wool Report

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 16 May 1940 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 6th inst It has been arranged that the clearing up appraisements of the current…

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The Man on the Latd Price Stability for Pastoral Industry Annual Wool Review of Winchcombe Carson Limited

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 16 May 1940 · page 3

The annual wool review of Winchcombe Carson Ltd is to hand. It embraces a record of the British Government Wool…

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Threat to Wool Extension Of Substitutes

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 16 May 1940 · page 3

The use of staple fibre as a substitute for wool is growing to such an extent that it may threaten serious consequences…

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When Thirst Has Been Quenched Cattle Act Much Like Humans

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 16 May 1940 · page 1

A humorous comparison with the case of a man hurrying into a bar and coming out slowly was drawn by Mr. W. S. Bromhead…

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Aid for Dairy Farmers

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 16 May 1940 · page 4

Mr. Nesbitt. Chairman of the Sydney Milk Board, which recently recommended to the Government an increase of 4d. in the…

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Apple and Pear Crop

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 16 May 1940 · page 2

Mr. Tom Collins, M.L.R. advises that the Minister for Commerce has arranged for a conference to be held at Canberra on 24th June, to discuss…

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For Urgent Attention Valuable River Farmlet

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 May 1940 · page 2

The auction sale of 12 acres 1 rood fronting the Murrumbidgee River, only 3 miles from Wagga. on the Tarcutta road, has created considerable…

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Mice Invasion Farm Houses Overrun Clothes Eaten

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 16 May 1940 · page 1

Mice in the West Wyalong, district in addition to attacking hay stacks and stored wheat, are overrunning farm houses, chewing mattresses,…

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Dirty Dairy Utensils As a Cause for Inferior Cream

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 16 May 1940 · page 3

In pointing out the necessity for the utmost care, in washing of dairy utensils, both morning and night a departmental dairy instructor…

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Promise Given Safeguard for Dairy Industry Commerce Minister Gives Assurance Federal Intentions

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 16 May 1940 · page 3

An assurance was given in the House of Representatives by the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Cameron) that the Government would do every…

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Apples and Pears Handling Next Season's Crop Conference in Canberra

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 16 May 1940 · page 1

Mr Tom Collins, M. H.R advises that the Minister for Commerce has arranged for a conference to be held at Canberra on June 24 to discuss in…

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Lucerne for Sheep

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 7

Four cardinal points must be observed to secure the best results from grazing lucerne:— (1) Paddocks should be subdivided…

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New Wimmera Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 7

A new wheat named Magnet, a cross between Major and Free Gallipoil, has been released to wheatgrowers in the Wimmera this season by the Victorian…

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Price of Wool

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 4

Mr. Tom Collins, M.H.R., in the House of Representatives on Friday last, asked the Minister for Commerce the following question:--"Can the…

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Reduced Rations Sugar and Butter in Britain London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 2

The Minister for Food (Lord Woolton) said in a broadcast to-night that on May 27 he proposed to reduce the sugar ration from 12oz. to 80s. weekly,…

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Footrot in Sheep Problem Solved Important Discoveries By Young Scientist

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 7

Mr. W. I. B. Beveridge. a veterinary scientist, has discovered the cause of footrot in sheep and an inexpensive way of controlling It…

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Marginal Wheat Lands Rehabilition Plans £1,308,000 to Be Spent

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 4

Under a plans which provides for the spending of £[?] in the next four years on the rehabill[?]on of [?] wheat lands, it is probable that…

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For the Man on the Land Diseases of Wheat Loss by Ball Smut Sowing and Care of Pastures

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 7

It is difficult to assess the annual loss as the result of the various diseases which affect wheat crops in Australia, but serious efforts are being made to bring them under control…

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Quality in Pig Farming Mr. A. F. Gray's Advice

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 7

"Pigs that have neither shape, make, nor finish are no good to the farmer who rears them, nor to the trade. Yet one sees a good many such in some…

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